Electronic Device with Configurable Antenna-Pattern Group

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to determine the antenna pattern in the group of antenna patterns to use in the subsequent communication.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the installation information comprises a type of installation of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the type of installation comprises one of: installation on a wall, installation on a pole, installation in a stadium, or installation in street furniture.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the environmental information comprises at least one of: an orientation of the electronic device or a location of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein receiving the environmental information involves determining the environmental information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the location comprises one of: the location in two dimensions or a height of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises an access point.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more operations comprise determining the antenna pattern in the group of antenna patterns to use in the subsequent communication.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the environmental information comprises at least one of: an orientation of the electronic device or a location of the electronic device.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the location comprises one of: the location in two dimensions or a height of the electronic device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method comprises determining the antenna pattern in the group of antenna patterns to use in the subsequent communication.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the environmental information comprises at least one of: an orientation of the electronic device or a location of the electronic device.